This original photograph shows the New St. Charles Hotel in San Bernardino, California, circa 1888–1895, on a bright, sunlit day. When studied with care, a.... Read More about C.1888–1895 Original Boudoir Card Photograph of the New St. Charles Hotel in San Bernardino,...
Beale’s preliminary report upon his arrival in California after a 48-day journey to explore a suitable route for wagons from Fort Defiance, New Mexico to..... Read More about Report of the Secretary Of War, Communicating ... A Report of E. F. Beale of his Exploration for...
Appealing assembly of three salesman’s sample, dummy, or canvassing books all focusing on San Francisco’s disastrous 1906 earthquake and fire. The three titles—The San Francisco..... Read More about The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire [and] San Francisco’s Great Disaster [and]...
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After the California Gold Rush of 1848–1855, gold bullion was minted in San Francisco into official United States coins. Some of these coins and gold... Read More about Banking House of Cronise & Co., ...1857. We annex rates for SPECIE [opening lines of circular
On July 27, 1862, during the American Civil War and enroute to Panama, passengers slumbered aboard the Pacific Pacific mail steamship S.S. “Golden Gate” when..... Read More about Burning of the Steamship “Golden Gate” July 27, 1862. On her Voyage from San Francisco having...
1850s California stock certificate printed for the Eureka Quartz Mining Company of Eldorado County, California. Gold deposits commonly occur in quartz veins. In the immediate... Read More about Eureka Quartz Mining Company, Eldorado County, California
1926 Pocket directory of San Francisco with foldout map sheet. The combination street guide and city directory includes one unusual feature as part of the... Read More about Candrian’s Double Indexed A to Z Street Guide of San Francisco ... With Car-o-Grams & New...
Unusual love letter from 1849 California Gold Rush pioneer and lawyer, James B. Townsend, here writing to his beloved “Josie C.” Townsend is listed as..... Read More about 1879 Autograph Letter Signed by Lawyer James B. Townsend, 1849 Member of Gold Rush of Society of...
Illustrated, four-page advertisement for Grizzly Adams, a western frontier-themed play: “No Shooting or Yelling Indians, But a Truthfully Depicted Idyl of American Life on the..... Read More about Goodrich & Thode’s Company…Idyl of American Life on the Borders of Civilization entitled...
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“Thanksgiving—1943. Thankful for what? In a world at war / Where bullets whine and cannons roar, / Where the stuttering .50s of diving plane /... Read More about Archive of 1943–1945 of Second World War Letters to and from Naval Lt. James H. Hardy [with:]...
A child psychologist, Californian Millicent W. Shinn was the first woman to receive a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley. At hand, a bibliographical... Read More about The Baby’s Mind: A Study For College Women. A paper presented to the Association of Collegiate...
C.1952 Christmas catalog of fresh and candied California fruit and nuts from pioneering fruit sellers and marketers Mission Pak of Los Angeles. Founded in 1917... Read More about Exciting Fruit Gifts from Mission Pak in California
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Interesting autograph letter signed describing hardships in the California gold fields at Fine Gold Gulch, Madera County. Mines were first opened at Fine Gold Gulch... Read More about C.1880s–1890s, Fine Gold Gulch, California Gold Fields Mining Letter
Six items, some unique and unrecorded. In August and September 1904, members of Pilgrim Commandery, No. 11, Knights Templar, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania formed a “San... Read More about Trip to the American West and the Canadian Rockies by the Pilgrim Commandery, No. 11, Knights...
Archy Lee was a slave brought to California who became fugitive when he realized his master would return him to Mississippi. He was caught in... Read More about Archy Lee
